In 2025, overlooked climate challenges included the warming effects of reduced pollution, stalled progress in green hydrogen and rising financing costs for renewables. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/30/world/2025-bad-climate-news-you-missed/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #climatechange #2025 #carbonemissions #fossilfuel #coal #renewables #greenhydrogen
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The Esztergom coal loader (Hungarian: Esztergomi szénrakodó) is a rusting relic located in the Danube River of Hungary.
Nearly 100 years old, this abandoned industrial structure once played a key role in Hungary’s coal distribution network.
Today it is a ramshackled hulk. A slowly disintegrating skeleton of concrete and rusted steel succumbing to time and the elements.
#Hungary #Coal #Mining #History #Abandoned #Rust #Ruins #Urbex #AbandonedPlaces
The Esztergom coal loader (Hungarian: Esztergomi szénrakodó) is a rusting relic located in the Danube River of Hungary.
Nearly 100 years old, this abandoned industrial structure once played a key role in Hungary’s coal distribution network.
Today it is a ramshackled hulk. A slowly disintegrating skeleton of concrete and rusted steel succumbing to time and the elements.
#Hungary #Coal #Mining #History #Abandoned #Rust #Ruins #Urbex #AbandonedPlaces
The Chinese government is facing the problem of dismantling a vast economic structure built to dig, distribute and burn coal — and with the question of what it does with the workers who once operated it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/15/china-coal-transition-costs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #china #coal #energy
A series of setbacks in Asia’s shift to cleaner energy is keeping coal in play in the top-consuming region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/12/10/energy/asia-high-coal-demand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #coal #environment #mining #utilities #batteries #renewables #artificialintelligence #datacenters #china #indonesia #india
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Rising Tide climate activists stop ships from entering world’s largest coal port - video https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/video/2025/dec/01/rising-tide-climate-activists-stop-ships-entering-worlds-largest-coal-port #NewcastleandtheHunter #Environmentalactivism #Australianpolitics #Climatecrisis #Greenpeace #Coal
Rising Tide climate activists stop ships from entering world’s largest coal port - video https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/video/2025/dec/01/rising-tide-climate-activists-stop-ships-entering-worlds-largest-coal-port #NewcastleandtheHunter #Environmentalactivism #Australianpolitics #Climatecrisis #Greenpeace #Coal
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Pathetic quitters
#UN #climate talks fizzle out 10 yrs after #ParisAccord
Nearly 200 countries reached a weak agreement Saturday at the United Nations climate talks in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. The deal represents a win for the #oil, #gas & #coal industries because it makes NO MENTION of curtailing the use of #FossilFuels, the main drivers of #ClimateChange.
Pathetic quitters
#UN #climate talks fizzle out 10 yrs after #ParisAccord
Nearly 200 countries reached a weak agreement Saturday at the United Nations climate talks in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. The deal represents a win for the #oil, #gas & #coal industries because it makes NO MENTION of curtailing the use of #FossilFuels, the main drivers of #ClimateChange.
#Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio #Lula da Silva, with the support of about half the countries, had pushed for a road map for ending the use of #oil, #gas & #coal.
#Trump, who is withdrawing the #UnitedStates from the #ParisAgreement, refused to send negotiators to the event. Even without the Trump admin present to champion #FossilFuel interests, the measure faced stiff opposition.
Pathetic quitters
#UN #climate talks fizzle out 10 yrs after #ParisAccord
Nearly 200 countries reached a weak agreement Saturday at the United Nations climate talks in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. The deal represents a win for the #oil, #gas & #coal industries because it makes NO MENTION of curtailing the use of #FossilFuels, the main drivers of #ClimateChange.
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https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/you-have-100-energy-slaves
Try to be EXTREMELY mindful when you are getting rid of something or purchasing something casually. The embedded #energy for everything - regardless of how cheap it is - can be mind-boggling.
#climatechange #humanrights #justice #adaptation #migration #hurricanes #drought #flood #heatwave #oil #coal #gas #methane #solar #wind #EV #batteries
Decades-long coal-fired power purchase contracts are slowing the transition to cleaner energy sources in Asia, leading utilities to burn more coal even when wind and solar power are available. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/11/20/energy/contracts-asia-coal-fired-power/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #asia #coal
As COP30 discusses the phasing-out of fossil fuels, are renewables ready? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/11/20/energy/cop30-fossil-fuels-renewables/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #cop30 #fossilfuels #coal #gas #lng #oil #renewables #solar #wind #energy
https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/you-have-100-energy-slaves
Try to be EXTREMELY mindful when you are getting rid of something or purchasing something casually. The embedded #energy for everything - regardless of how cheap it is - can be mind-boggling.
#climatechange #humanrights #justice #adaptation #migration #hurricanes #drought #flood #heatwave #oil #coal #gas #methane #solar #wind #EV #batteries
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https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2025/09/China-Energy-Transition-Review-2025.pdf
Let that sink in - #China alone can ALREADY #manufacture all the #solar we need to reach our #climatechange goals. It is ALSO the cheapest source of #electricity. WTF are we waiting for???
https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2025/09/China-Energy-Transition-Review-2025.pdf
Let that sink in - #China alone can ALREADY #manufacture all the #solar we need to reach our #climatechange goals. It is ALSO the cheapest source of #electricity. WTF are we waiting for???
…"We're going to get just massively faster progress using the computation from these #AI systems that I believe will have practical pathways to harness #fusion #energy in the next 2 or 3 years."
Wright said the #supercomputers would also help manage the US arsenal of #NuclearWeapons [Skynet anyone?] & accelerate #drug discovery by simulating ways to treat #cancer down to the
molecular level.
#science #law #EnvironmentalLaw #tech #electricity #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
"My hope is in the next 5 or 8 years, we will turn most cancers, many of which today are ultimate death sentences, into manageable conditions," Wright said.
[that sounds great, but #Trump has defunded #CleanEnergy, he actually wants to use #coal & other #FossilFuels which will increase #cancer rates!]
#science #law #EnvironmentalLaw #AI #tech #energy #electricity #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
@indyradio we’re like a patient in the emergency room and the doctors are trying to find a way, any way, to keep us alive.
@impermanen_ so Trump wants to bring coal back.
that's really mind bending, when you think the rest of this through. then add that factor.
#Trump #USA #Coal #fossilfuels
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#RenewableEnergy overtook #coal as world's leading source of #electricity in first half of #2025 - a historic first.
Electricity demand is growing around world but growth in #solar and #wind was so strong it met 100% of the extra electricity demand, even helping drive a slight decline in coal and gas use.
Developing countries, especially #China, led the clean energy charge but richer nations including the #US and #EU relied more than before on planet-warming #fossilfuels.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2rz08en2po
